An interview with a colleague of linguist John Swales focuses on Swales' career study of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), particularly genre analysis and ESP and the growing interaction of two field, ESP for non-native speakers and composition studies, usually concerned with native speakers. Specific contributions made by Swales to the fields…

Establishes a framework for a pedagogically useful description of the organization of discussion sections in research-focused articles and dissertations for English-for-specific-purposes students. Descriptive categories within the framework include: background information; statement of result; outcome; exemplification; deduction; recommendation;…

Features of telexes used for business correspondence are discussed, including omission of parts of verbs, definite and indefinite articles, pronouns, and prepositions, and also word abbreviations. The telex is different from other abbreviated texts (such as telegrams), and Business English courses should include instruction in telex writing.…